Forces Uniform & Kit / Epic Militaria
Forces Uniform & Kit decided to close its doors. Rather than seeing a great surplus name disappear, Epic Militaria bought the brand and worked out a deal with Jan to keep sourcing genuine surplus gear under the new name SurplusQM.
A New Home for Surplus
Forces Uniform & Kit decided to close its doors in 2025 after decades of supplying Army Surplus to retail and trade customers, in the UK and around the world. Jan Lagemfeld, a former British Army soldier, and a legend in the Army Surplus trade, had built up a business known for supplying quality army surplus, with the retail site Forces Uniform and Kit, and the trade site GI Surplus.
Epic Militaria has been trading for over 20+ years, with a reputation as the UK’s leading WW2 re-enactment supplier and is also a major UK surplus retailer. Epic Militaria has worked with Jan for a long time and rather than see a great surplus name disappear, Epic Militaria bought the brand and worked out a deal with Jan to keep sourcing genuine surplus gear under the new name SurplusQM.
Bringing together Epic Militaria’s logistics, warehouse operations, first class customer service, and Jan’s military knowledge, sourcing network and the experience of Forces Uniform & Kit, we created SurplusQM. Jan will continue to source surplus using his extensive network of contacts across the world, and we will use this to bring you some great surplus and vintage products.
We designed a brand-new website www.SurplusQM.com specifically for surplus gear, focusing on transparent hand-grading and accurate sizing guides, we hope you like it!
Epic Militaria Ltd trading as SurplusQM.
What This Means For You
Reliable Service & Dispatch
Every order is packed and shipped directly from our main warehouse facility in Aberystwyth, Wales. This means fast, tracked shipping, rapid dispatch, and our straightforward 60-day returns policy.
Genuine Surplus Expertise
We know the trade. We can tell a genuine military issue item from a commercial copy, and we grade every item honestly. If a piece of kit has minor storage wear, field repairs, or small marks, we call it out clearly on the page.
A Website Built for Surplus
Standard e-commerce layouts don't work well for surplus gear. We built SurplusQM specifically for this stock, with sizing tools that translate military sizing, condition grade tags on every page, and clean filtering.